714 CDUS43 KDMX 040648 RRA CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1246 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 30 309 PM 60 1928 33 -3 34 MINIMUM 3 645 AM -26 1996 15 -12 18 AVERAGE 17 24 -7 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.55 1919 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.10 0.12 -0.02 0.02 SINCE DEC 1 1.41 2.54 -1.13 3.06 SINCE JAN 1 0.60 1.12 -0.52 1.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.2 1997 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.5 SINCE DEC 1 22.4 18.5 3.9 23.5 SINCE JUL 1 23.8 21.4 2.4 23.5 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 48 41 7 39 MONTH TO DATE 148 123 25 135 SINCE DEC 1 2950 2645 305 2380 SINCE JUL 1 4153 3903 250 3477 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 1200 AM LOWEST 47 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 61 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -23 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 4 2014......SUNRISE 723 AM CST SUNSET 534 PM CST FEBRUARY 5 2014......SUNRISE 722 AM CST SUNSET 536 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$